Selecting A TSR Standard Motor

By the end of 2015 it became clear that TSR drivers have settled into a pattern as far as make, motor and drive-configuration is concerned, and to that effect it has become necessary to restrict some of the classes and cut down on the range of 11 motors available in the shop. The setup to beat was NSR's 21400rpm long can motor in anglewinder style so a performance matching equivalent had to be found for short can sidewinder and inline setups.

The control car for this test was an NSR Aston Martin, weighing 91g and fitted with a King Evo 21400rpm @ 350g/cm.

The test car was a Carrera Aston, 87g and with the following in-line short can motors;
Rush 39000rpm @ 193g/cm
NSR 40000rpm @ 210g/cm
Pro-Slot 37000rpm @ 165g/cm

Test laps came up as follows;

NSR long can = 5.292 sec

(short cans)

Rush      = 5.219

Pro-Slot = 5.416
NSR       = 5.445

The Rush was a surprise, more than capable of matching the NSR long can, while the Pro-Slot came close but not quite (the lower speed and torque though is a fair excuse). The NSR short can almost matched the Pro-Slot but with all the available torque I really expected better.

At the time of writing the US retail prices for the motors were as follows,
NSR King Evo long can = $17.99
Rush = $12.99
Pro-Slot = $13.95
NSR = $17.99

In conclusion the TSR shop will stock the following 3 motors for the respective classes;
NSR short can 30000= F1, Touring, GT & Sport
NSR short can 40000= Touring, GT & Sport
NSR long can 21400= Touring, GT & Sport

Sport is of course unrestricted so here any motor is allowed...